The federal filing requesting dismissal includes this statement, “Should the Court nevertheless proceed to the merits of Plaintiff’s claims, dismissal is still warranted because Plaintiff’s assertions that the term “State” in the Industrial Hemp Research Statute includes Indian tribes, and that the State of Wisconsin has “allowed” hemp cultivation on the Menominee Reservation, are contradicted by the plain language of the Statute.”

The Shawano Leader included this in an article, “Without distinguishing between hemp and other forms of cannabis, federal attorneys responded to the lawsuit Wednesday by arguing that Indian tribes are subject to the same state and federal restrictions on hemp production as any other private concern. There is no question that the federal government can regulate hemp cultivation on tribal land.”